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Christmas Fat Goose Coming Wishbone Me Myself and I

Christmas is coming And I myself once upon a time Much like the goose was getting fat I am now sadly not For I am currently now getting thinner than The leftover wishbone from this year's thanksgiving's turkey I managed to scavenge from my next door neighbors bins After they we're obviously finished and done with so therefore eventually threw the remaining scraps out Who if they knew or I was willing to admit the dire state of the situation I find find myself mired in Would surely then have offered to take me in and provide me with whatsoever help they could But sadly my own self pride ego and wanting to keep pace and up with the Joneses Will and has left me again sadly with nothing more Than hunger pains and grumbling noise in the pit of my stomach And a perfectly stripped chewed down to the bone , wishbone And hopefully 1 wish still remaining in tow So here goes How I wish it was only them suffering this unholy indignation as apposed to me Or I had taken just a single moment of my precious time To be a better neighbor give a damn or care about anything or anyone Other than me myself and only i

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